Is your college-bound son or daughter headed for a Christ-centered (or at least Christ-friendly) educational, cultural and social experience that fulfills their hopes and dreams ― or are they headed for a rude awakening? Fortunately, Focus on the Family® provides thoughtful help for parents and their teens, as they seek to understand the changing landscape of religious freedom on campus.

Thanks to a flurry of citizen action, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) was prompted to release the National Survey of Adolescents and Their Parents: Attitudes and Opinions about Sex and Abstinence–Final Report to the public.

Have your children been introduced to explicit "sex education" in a public-school classroom? More often than not, parents learn of their child's exposure to objectionable sexual content in the classroom after the fact.

The need for God's hope has never been greater — especially in our public schools, many of which have increasingly delved into promoting controversial sexual topics to students, such as homosexuality, transgenderism and gay marriage.

Amid the outcry against increased federal intrusion in daily life comes another telltale sign "Big Brother" government is hitting closer to home for moms and dads: The effort to create nationwide education standards.

Well, it's finally happened. Your kids have reached the age when sex education is taught in their health classes. But you're feeling a little anxious: Will the school respect the values you're teaching at home — as well as the emotional and developmental sensitivities of your child?

Many states already have laws requiring sex education, and now there are nationwide efforts to require so-called diversity or tolerance lessons, as well. But who ultimately decides what kids learn in the classrooms about sexuality, relationships and marriage?